He ingoa tuatahi ke ki te ngahere whakapuaki, he turangawaewae hokihoki anō rānei, ka nui ake te noho i a ia. Nō te mea, e whai ana ngā tangata whenua kia whakatūhia te oneone matua hei whakatū i ō rātou pūruki me ō rātou wāhi aruhe. Ko ngā pūruki hokihoki, nāeira, he tūtohu pai rānei mō te taiao ? Kāore i te pai rawa, nā reira me whakamātau ake tātou i ngā whakaaro mō te turangawaewae hokihoki me ōna pai me ōna hara.
9) He maha ngā pūtake me ngā whakaaro e kore nei i te mōhio mō te rereta kowhatu kea. Ko tētahi o ngā pūtake mōhio rawa, ko te whakapae nui ka whanake i te taiao te rereta matihiko. Engari, he maha ngā kaiwhakanoa rereta matihiko e āhei ana putaanga whai wāhi kei roto i ngā mea rā. I ētahi wā, e hīkohiko ana tēnei kia pai ake ai te maro whenua putu ki te taiao nō reira i te maro whenua matua. Nā te mea kaore he hēnga mō ngā peketaunga rānei ngā pūtake whenua rānei hei hiahia mō te maro whenua putu. Kaore he hiahia mō ēnei rerekē, e āhei ana tēnā ki te whakaputuwhenua me te hunga noho o te ao, ko tētahi tuatahitanga taiao mō te maro whenua putu.
Āe, he maha ngā momo pai ki te whakaaro mō te maro whenua whakamaharatia. Ki te kotahi, he iti ake rawa te wai i takiuru nei i runga i te mahi kaiwhakatō whenua tūturu, e pai ana i te whenua — ināianei i ngā wāhi e hēkihi ana i te wai. Ka kitea he iti rawa anō hoki te utu whakahaere i runga i te wā — he mea hou kei runga. He nui ake hoki te rangatiratanga me te whaiwhai i mua i te maramataka waewae nui. Ahakoa, he mōhio hoki he momo hē ki te whakaarohia. Ki te kotahi, ka whakawehewehe te rākau ki te maro whenua putu ki te wehea i te wā e kore ana e pai ki te haere. Ko te maro whenua putu he oranga hoki, me te hiahia ki te whakahokia i muri i ngā tau 10 ki te 15, e taea ana tēnei ki te whāinga utu. Ko tērā hoki he utu nui rawa, te tīmata whakatakoto.
Te mana o te taiao: Nō te nui o ngā kōrero e mōhio ana ki ngā pūnaha tūpapaku me ngā whakamahere hoki, he mea nui tēnei i roto i ngā kōrero a ngā pūtaiao me ngā tiaki taiao. Tēra rawa, kaore te rīwai tūpapaku i te hiahia ki te wai rānei ki ngā rongoā hei kawe iho i tana kākara kākano, engari kaore ia i te whakahokia mai i tana hua ki te whenua. Ko te rīwai tū tonu kei te mahi nui ki te whakawehi i te karbonidiana rānei ko te hau e whai take ana i te āhua o te haua. Ko te rīwai tū tonu anō hoki e āwhina ana ki te hau ki te tuku i te oksinena, ko te hā e hira ana mō ngā mea katoa e ora nei. Ki runga anō, kaore te rīwai tūpapaku i te tautoko i te taiao i tēnei tikanga.
Ko ngā tohu me ngā tae e āhei ana ki te whakaatu rīwai tū tonu, āe ko ngā raupapa plastic noa iho e paunu ana i te hau. Kei te puarenga ngā hangarau hou hei whakatika i te rīwai tūpapaku kia tu tonu ai hei whakatipuranga moeoneone. Ko ngā pouako i roto i tēnei rohe e mahi ana i te pūmau i ngā whanonga me te whaihere o te rīwai tūpapaku. Ka hiahia rātou kia kitea ai ko te pai rawa o te tirohanga, ka whai ake pea ki te wā e taea ai te whakaititia i te nui o te āhua.